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What I saw was a great opportunity to provide computing technology in a more efficient way. I started the business with a simple question： how can we make the process of buying a computer better？ The answer was： sell the computer directly to the end customers.

Sometimes its better not to ask or to listen when people tell you something cant be done. I didnt ask for permission. I just went ahead and did it.

On January 2， 1990， I went back to Austin before I had to attend classes， and I did all the things one needed to do to set up a business. I registered the company with the State of Texas as “PCs Limited”. I placed ads in the classified section（分類廣告區(qū)）in our local newspaper.

Through my previous contracts with customers and the small ads I placed in the paper， I was already getting a lot of business. I was selling upgraded（升級(jí)的）personal computers， and add-on computer components between $50，000 to $80，000 to people in Austin area. Not long after starting the classes I was able to move from the room that I shared with a roommate to an apartment with high ceilings and two bedrooms. I didnt， however， tell my parents for a few months that I moved.

In early May， about a week before I took my final exam to complete my freshman year， I set up the company as “Dell Computer Corporation”， doing business as “PCs Limited”. I hired a few people to take orders over telephone and a few more to fulfill them.

Not going to college is not an acceptable option in my hometown. Persuading my parents to allow me to leave school would have been impossible. So I just went ahead and did it， whatever the results. I finished my freshman year， and left. After a while， my parents forgave me. And a little bit after that， I forgave them， too.

People ask me now， “Were you scared？” Sure. But it turned out， the time for founding PCs Limited couldnt have been better.

1. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2？

A. He was uninfluenced.

B. He felt sure of success.

C. He thought others were helpless.

D. He liked to do things all by himself.

2. What was the author when he started the business？

A. A salesman. B. A farmer.

C. A worker. D. A student.

3. Which is the correct order of the events the author experienced？

a. He left college.

b. He hired some workers.

c. He registered a company.

d. He moved into an apartment.

A. a， c， b， d. B. a， d， b， c.

C. c， b， d， a. D. b， c， d， a.

4. How did the author feel in talking about his PCs Limited？

A. Satisfied. B. Pressed.

C. Excited. D. Worried.

B

While traveling overseas， most young people tend to find themselves a bit short of whats unfortunately the most important thing to continue their adventure—finance. One way to replenish（補(bǔ)充）their bodies is to find temporary， free， and live-in employment.

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms （WWOOF） is a voluntary organization that helps people learn about organic farms around the world by working on them as a kind of holiday. At these places travelers can work from 2 to 3 days upwards—depending on their own and the farm-owners needs.

WWOOF started in Britain in 1971. A London secretary named Sue Coppard started WWOOF by helping four people work for a weekend on an organic farm in Sussex. The weekend was a great success. Soon many more organic farmers were willing to take in people keen（熱心的）to work on the farm. Now there are about twenty national WWOOF organizations. WWOOF has become an international movement across six continents.

WWOOFers， the name given to WWOOF workers， do not receive money as payment. The farmers provide them with a place to sleep and food to eat. The only thing they will have to pay is a small membership fee to the national organization of the country they want to work in. In many cases even this can be avoided as long as they have the address of the farm where they want to work and contact the farm directly.

WWOOF is fun. You will not only learn something about organic farming but also meet lots of people. The work varies a lot from place to place， among different regions and farms， thus ensuring plenty of variety. Only on rare occasions is the experience necessary to get a job. A sunny nature is normally the only requirement.

5. What do we learn from the passage about WWOOF？

A. It offers high-paid jobs for travelers.

B. It can be a method for low-cost traveling.

C. It provides job opportunities for students.

D. It is an international environmental organization.

6. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that ___ .

A. WWOOFers usually work on weekends

B. at first few farms accepted WWOOFers

C. WWOOF was founded by Sue Coppard

D. organic farms develop slowly

7. What does the underlined sentence suggest？

A. One with experience is welcomed.

B. It is easy to become a WWOOFer.

C. One can develop a variety of skills.

D. A WWOOFer must work hard on the farm.

8. What is the purpose of WWOOF？

A. To offer places to travel.

B. To help learn knowledge.

C. To provide employment on farms.

D. To give people entertainment on holiday.

1. I think you ____（值得）a better pay for your hard work.

2. The store sells ____（各種各樣的）kinds of kitchen equipment.

3. She has a very sensitive ____（天性）.

4. Often older children d their younger brothers and sisters against attack.

5. It was s of him to leave all the work to you.

One day I went to the market and find many beautiful bird in a few cages for sale. I heard two young men talked. One said， “I caught eight birds like these on last Sunday， but not a single one was alive next morning.” Oh， the birds are being killed！ The number is reducing year to year. Birds， like other animals， is our friends. They eat a lot of pests and make our nature beautifully. So we must do something to protect it from being killed. We hope what everyone will care for them.

1. 這個(gè)城市因?yàn)楦鞣N橋梁而著名。

2. 毫無疑問實(shí)驗(yàn)會(huì)成功。

3. 如果必要，這項(xiàng)討論將在明天繼續(xù)進(jìn)行。

4. 我肯定自己不值得這么多贊揚(yáng)。

1. Theres ___ that hes the right person for the leading role in the film.

A. no need B. no doubt

C. no wonder D. no necessary

2. Dont ___ too much ___ the promise he made last night！

A. turn； to B. keep； from

C. rely； on D. insist； on

3. Its very ___ to interrupt people when they are talking to someone.

A. polite B. angry

C. excited D. rude

4. I would certainly do a special survey on this project ___ .

A. if necessary B. if only

C. as a result D. by now

5. The report made by Mr Smith ___ careful consideration.

A. deserves B. defends

C. obtains D. requests

If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports， most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happened to be one of the few girls who would 1 ： surfing（沖浪）. But isnt that a boy thing？ Some people may

2 . Most certainly not.

I started surfing about five years ago and 3 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first 4 was the best feeling I had ever experienced.

When I try to 5 surfing with other things， I find it very difficult because， in my 6 ， theres nothing like it. It involves body， 7 ， and soul. Theres sand between my toes and cool， salt water all 8 us. The feeling I get when Im surfing across that 9 ， becoming one with the 10 ， is like Im weightless.

The one thing I can 11 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean 12 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are 13 and flowing； others are very aggressive and sharp. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 14 from any other sport.

Ive 15 to tell every girl I know to do something that people dont think girls can do. Its part of being human to advance to new 16 ， so shouldnt it be expected that girls should step up and start 17 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate？

Therere women 18 side by side with the President of our country， so why not be side by side with the boys 19 the football team or out in the water surfing？ Give girls a chance to 20 ， and they will.

1. A. tell B. answer C. give D. realize

2. A. wonder B. understand C. reply D. believe

3. A. stayed B. came C. dropped D. fell

4. A. wave B. storm C. sail D. boat

5. A. bring B. connect C. compare D. tie

6. A. work B. study C. holiday D. life

7. A. mind B. effort C. health D. time

8. A. along B. above C. around D. by

9. A. beach B. water C. board D. lake

10. A. sky B. world C. earth D. ocean

11. A. take B. get C. make D. keep

12. A. catches B. includes C. offers D. collects

13. A. free B. great C. hard D. soft

14. A. easy B. usual C. far D. different

15. A. chosen B. tried C. learned D. promised

16. A. levels B. points C. steps D. parts

17. A. reaching B. accepting C. pushing D. setting

18. A. sitting B. walking C. fighting D. working

19. A. of B. from C. on D. with

20. A. think B. succeed C. perform D. feel